Phonograph or talking-machine.



L-P. CONSTABLE. PHONOGRAPH 0R TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 19151 W\\\\ k\\ wmxxm v II Z4! Pateilted May 7,1918. I

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JOHN" P. CONSTABLE, OF WEST ORANGE, IQ'EVV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T JERSEY PATENT GOMPANY, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A GORPORATIO'N OF NEW JERSEY.

PHONOGBAPH 0R TALKING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented May *7, 1918.

Application filed June 21, 1915. Serial No. 35,265.

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. CONSTABLE =-a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phono- "graphs 'or Talking-Machihes, of which the following 15 a SPBCIfiCEItIOIL My invention relates to phonographs or tallnng machines. The principal ob ect oi the invention is to provide an improved mounting for the horn or sound conveyer -which forms a part of the phonograph or '-'chanical feeding means and another object of the invention is to provide improved means "for rendering the mechanical feeding means inoperative and for disengaging the reproducer stylusfrom the record "surface.

' "preferredeinbodiment oimy invention.

and appended claims.

Other objects of my invention will appehr more fully in the following specification In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, attention is hereby directed to the accompanving drawing forming a part of this specification, and in whiehf Figure 1 represents a view partly in vation and partly in section showing elethe Figs. 2 and 3 represent views in perspective of parts of the device shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig- 4 representsia view partly in section and partly in elevation of a detail ct construction;

In all of the views, like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

" Referring to Fig. 1, the reprodueer 1 is provided with a floating weight 2 which is connected to the body of the reproducer by a spring connection 3 permitting move-- ment of the floating weight upwardly and downwardly with respect to the body of the reproducer. The floating weight carries a reproducer stylus 4 which may be supported by a lever connected to the diaphragm of the reproducer in the manner shown in "."S. patent to Thomas A. Edison No. 1,05,621.Q The, stylus at is arranged totr ck drcofd 5 carried by the mandrel 6 which is rotatably supported upon a bed.-nlate .ing the same.

the latter being carried by brackets 8 secured to the inside of the cabinet 9. A cover 10 is hinged, as snown at 11, to the body portion of the cabinet. The mandrel 6 and the record carried thereby may be rotated by a motor shown at 12. The reproducer is carried in a horizontal position in the traveling carriage 1 1 which is pivoted at one end to a rod extending throughout the length oi the mandrel 6. The other end of the carriage 1i rests upon a straight edge 16. The inol or has connected thereto arotatable feed screw 17 (see Figs. 1 and 2) which is engaged by a half nut 18 connected to the traveling carriage in the manner "to be more fully described. The end of the traveling carriage which is pivoted to the rod 15 has a substantially vertical portion 19 against the inner surface of which a member 20 is slidably mounted by means of headed screws 21 which are secured to the saidportion 19 and pass through elongated slots 22 in the member 20. The lower portion oi the slide 20 is formed with a rearwardly extending tongue 23 to which the feed nut 18 is connected, by a fiat spring The upper portion of the slide :20 is formed with a rearwardly extending tongue 25 in which is threaded a screw 26 arranged to engage the under side of the floating weight 2 when the reproducer stylus is disengaged from the record. A. spring secured to the tongue 23 bears on the under side of the part 19 and tends to hold the slide 28 in its lowermost position. For elevating the slide. I preferably provide a member '28 from the portion 19 of the traveling carriage, the member 28 being formed with a handle or finger-piece ,30 arranged at an. angle to the body portion thereof for rotathe rear or inner end of the member 28 is provided with a pin or projection 31, the axis of wnieh is parallel to but eccentric with respect to the axis of the member The pin 31 is arranged within a horizontal slot formed on the slide 20 so that upon rotation of the member 28, the slide is elevated or depressed, depending upon the direction of rotation of the member 28. A screw 33 mounted in the boss. 29 and having ts inner end arranged within ord, substantially as described.

4. Ina phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a record support, a reproducer movable substantially in a given plane across a record carried by said sup port,.and a sound conveyor connected with said rcproducer and provided with an exit portion having a pivotal movement about an axis substantially parallel to saidlplane and a translatory movement at an angle to said plane, substantially as described.

5. In a phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a record support, a reproducer movable horizontally to traverse a record carried by said support,and a sound conveyer connected with said reproducer and provided with an exit portion having a pivotal movement about a hori-- zontal axis and a vertical translatory movement, substantially as described.

6. In a phonograph or talking machine, the combination oi. a reproducer mounted for movement in a straight line, and a sound oonveyer connected with said reproducer and having an exit portion mounted for translatory movement transversely to said straight line during the movement of said rcproducer in said straight line, substantially as described.

7. I11 a phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a reproducer mounted for movement in a substantially strai ht line, and a sound conveyer connected with said reprodueer and having an exit portion mounted for combined pivotal and rectilinear movement during the movement of said reproducer in said, straight line, substantially as described.

8. In a phonograph or talking machine, the combination of a reproducer movable horizdntally in a substantially strai ht line, and a sound conveyor connected with said 'reproducer and having an exit portion movable bodily in a vertical direction and also pivotally about a substantially horizontal axis, substantially as described.

9. In a phonographor talking machine, the combination of a cabinet having an opening therein, a record support, a reproducer adapted to travel across a record carried by said support, and a sound conveyor connected with said reproducer and formed with an exit portion opposite said opening and having a motion of tion during the movement of the reproducer across the record, substantially as described.

This specification, signed and witnessed this 19th day of June, 1915.

JOHN P. CONSTABLE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. HARDY, FREDERICK BAGHMANN.

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